QQQM vs MTUM: which ETF won each year?

Yearly returns side by side, one winner per year — dividends included, priced as you'd actually buy them.

QQQM tracks the Nasdaq-100 IndexMTUM tracks the MSCI USA Momentum SR Variant Index

What did the last 5 years do to $10,000?

You invest $10,000 at the start of the window and touch nothing — dividends reinvested, the running year not counted. Both funds are measured over the same 5 full years (2021–2025) — the longest stretch both were trading.

QQQM turned it into
$20,250
+15.16% per year on average · 20212025
MTUM turned it into
$16,415
+10.42% per year on average · 20212025
Difference
+$3,835
QQQM made more of the same money

QQQM vs MTUM, year by year

Calendar-year total returns (dividends included) side by side, and who took the crown each year. A dash means the fund did not exist yet.

Years compared
7
where both funds were trading
QQQM won
2
years
MTUM won
5
years
YearQQQMMTUMWinner
2026 (so far)+20.09%+37.24%MTUM
2025+20.85%+22.15%MTUM
2024+25.68%+32.89%MTUM
2023+55.01%+9.15%QQQM
2022-32.52%-18.27%MTUM
2021+27.45%+13.36%QQQM
2020+6.67%+29.86%MTUM
2019+27.25%
2018-1.67%
2017+37.50%
2016+5.00%
2015+8.91%
2014+14.62%
2013+19.21%

QQQM vs MTUM in plain words

QQQM tracks the Nasdaq-100 Index while MTUM follows the MSCI USA Momentum SR Variant Index, so they own different slices of the market and their years can look very different. Both funds charge 0.15% a year in running costs.

Both funds distribute: dividends land in your account as cash instead of being reinvested automatically. Across the 7 calendar years both funds were trading, QQQM finished the year ahead 2 times and MTUM 5 times. $10,000 invested at the start of 2021 was worth $20,250 in QQQM versus $16,415 in MTUM by the end of 2025, dividends reinvested.

Fund facts: QQQM vs MTUM

FactQQQMMTUM
FundInvesco NASDAQ 100 ETFiShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF
TracksNasdaq-100 IndexMSCI USA Momentum SR Variant Index
Yearly cost (TER)0.15%0.15%
DividendsDistributing — dividends paid outDistributing — dividends paid out
Launched13 Oct 202016 Apr 2013

Frequently asked

Is QQQM or MTUM better?

Across the 7 calendar years both funds were trading, QQQM finished the year ahead 2 times and MTUM 5 times. $10,000 invested at the start of 2021 was worth $20,250 in QQQM versus $16,415 in MTUM by the end of 2025, dividends reinvested. Past returns don't promise future ones — but this is what actually happened.

What is the difference between QQQM and MTUM?

QQQM tracks the Nasdaq-100 Index while MTUM follows the MSCI USA Momentum SR Variant Index, so they own different slices of the market and their years can look very different. Both funds charge 0.15% a year in running costs. Both funds distribute: dividends land in your account as cash instead of being reinvested automatically.

What would $10,000 in QQQM have become?

$10,000 invested in QQQM at the start of 2021 grew to $20,250 by the end of 2025, with dividends reinvested — an average of 15.2% per year.

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